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Blue Note Tokyo: Still Holds Praise From Jazz Musicians & Fans Alike
by Doug Hall
Opened in 1988, the Blue Note Tokyo nightclub has a long-established history of providing top-tier jazz performances and holds a special place in the veins of many renown jazz artists. Over several decades, the A-list of jazz performances include Sarah Vaughan, Oscar Peterson, Tony Bennett, Chick Corea, Stan Getz, McCoy Tyner, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe ...
Doug Hall's Best Jazz Albums of 2022
by Doug Hall
So many new jazz releases and so little time. If I could lock myself away in a listening room for a month with food and water only, I could begin do justice to all the significant, creative and enlightening recordings that have been offered in 2022. Phew!!! Charles Lloyd Trios ChapelBlue ...
Taipei's Yuppy Bookstore: Retro Speakeasy Club Serves Jazz
by Doug Hall
In any city in Taiwan, small commercial spaces are the norm, from coffee shops to cafés or neighborhood restaurants—and live music venues are no different. Yet these tiny operations still manage to offer an amazing variety of selection. In a surrounding district of the capital city of Taiwan, The Yuppy Bookstore fits this mold. ...
Boston Lyric Opera Plays the Music of Terence Blanchard at Emerson Cutler Majestic Theater
by Doug Hall
Terence Blanchard Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre Boston Lyric Opera's Champion: An Opera in Jazz Boston, MA May 22, 2022 Now in its 45th season, Boston Lyric Opera is the largest and longest-lived opera company in New England (founded in 1976). Standing away from popular themes, BLO's programming has remained faithful ...
Doug Hall's Best Recordings Of 2021
by Doug Hall
To echo the converging sentiments and “high-fives" for a slew of extraordinary releases under a continued full-frontal assault of Covid Revenge part 2, there is a lot to embrace. I found myself sweeping though streaming releases and recordings of a vast variety of jazz genre. Seeing new faces and old and making discoveries. Such a wide ...
Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club: Two Brothers, A Landmark Building and A Singular Vision
by Doug Hall
With the recent opening of Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club, just north of Boston in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, there is an excitement and anticipation to fill pent-up demand for both performers and audiences. Two local businessmen, Michael, and Peter Labrie—both jazz and blues enthusiasts—saved a landmark turn-of-the-century building to create a Moulin Rouge-style cabaret venue with ...
Bobby West: 30 years performing abroad, but Leimert Park still home
by Doug Hall
Bobby West, jazz pianist, international performer, and composer, has split his professional career between Los Angeles, California and since 1993, living and performing abroad. He has successfully managed a transition to have residence and perform in Asia, the Middle East and Europe over the last 30 years. He is currently residing in Taiwan and playing in ...
Falkner Evans: Invisible Words
by Doug Hall
Within the songs that make-up Invisible Words (CAP, 2021), jazz pianist and composer Falkner Evans is facing a profound loss and delivering an intricate and gorgeous musical response. Losing his wife and soul partner abruptly last year, after 30 years of marriage (she took her own life), Evans has found a way to create a reflective ...
Jon Irabagon: Channeling Charlie Parker In The Black Hills
by Doug Hall
An un-planned flight from peak Covid spread in New York City in March 2020, led jazz saxophonist and composer Jon Irabagon to escape to in-laws located next to the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota. Winner of the 2008 Thelonious Monk Competition and named “Musician of the Year" in 2012 by The New York City ...
Erroll Garner: 100th Birthday Anniversary Of The Immortal Swinging Maestro Of Jazz Piano
by Doug Hall
The hundredth birthday of the legendary and brilliant virtuoso Erroll Garner is being marked by tributes including The Erroll Garner Project, which has released additional recordings and a remastering of existing recordings by the swing maestro of jazz piano. His popularity as an in-demand international performer and his landmark record Concert by the Sea (Columbia, 1955) ...
